鳴 : Chirp

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Components:

口鳥

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

On 'yomi:

メイ(mei)

Kun 'yomi:

な.く(na.ku) な.る(na.ru) な.らす(na.rasu)

Nanori:

なり(nari) なる(naru)

Strokes:	14
Radical:	口 (30)
Usage Rating:	1279

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	2

Unicode:	09cf4
jis208:	44-36

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鳴 Usage examples

怒鳴り込む(どなりこむ) 呶鳴り込む(どなりこむ)	to storm in with a yell
長鳴き(ながなき)	long crowing (warbling)
鳴き交わす(なきかわす)	to exchange wooing cries, to cry (howl) to each other
鳴り(なり)	ringing, sound
鳴り物入り(なりものいり)	flourish of trumpets, fanfare
非を鳴らす(ひをならす)	to cry against, to denounce publicly
鈴を鳴らす(りんをならす)	to ring a bell
共鳴板(きょうめいばん)	sound(ing) board, resonator
塩素爆鳴気(えんそばくめいき)	chlorine detonating gas
核磁気共鳴(かくじききょうめい)	nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR
磁気共鳴診断装置(じききょうめいしんだんそうち)	magnetic resonance imaging scanner, MRI scanner
鳴り分け(なりわけ)	distinctive ring tones
鳴り出す(なりだす)	to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
鳴管(めいかん)	syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
怒鳴り出す(どなりだす) 呶鳴り出す(どなりだす)	to start shouting, to break out
鶏鳴狗盗(けいめいくとう)	person who resorts to petty tricks, a person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks
泰山鳴動(たいざんめいどう) 大山鳴動(たいざんめいどう)	big fuss over nothing, much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing
蛙鳴蝉噪(あめいせんそう)	annoying noise, fruitless argument, useless controversy
天地鳴動(てんちめいどう)	rumbling and shaking of the earth
山鳴(ヤマナラシ) 山鳴らし(ヤマナラシ)	Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
閑古鳥が鳴く(かんこどりがなく)	to be in a slump (of a business), (business is) slow
鳴く猫は鼠を捕らぬ(なくねこはねずみをとらぬ)	empty vessels make the most sound
我鳴る(がなる)	to yell, to shout, to scream, to bawl
腹鳴(ふくめい)	rumbling stomach, noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract, borborygmus, rugitus
雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい(きじもなかずばうたれまい)	avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one, there is safety in silence, the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries
喘鳴(ぜんめい)	stridor, wheezing, noisy breathing